[pulseaudio-discuss] Can I configure a stream when not active?

[Phil Wieland]

Is there any way to set the volume and output device of a stream which 
is not currently active?

Scenario:
Ubuntu 9.04.  I have two output devices, a sound card and a USB phone 
handset.  The default output stream is (foolishly) set to the USB phone.

I hover the mouse pointer over an ogg file on the desktop and the 
totem-audio-preview starts up.  This is the first time I've used it, so 
it chooses the USB phone to play on.

Now I'm stuck, because as soon as I move the mouse to the pavucontrol 
the preview stream disappears, so I can't switch its destination!

My workaround was to find out where the database storing these settings 
is, delete it and then start again, setting the default stream to the 
sound card before activating the previewer, but this seems a bit of a 
bodge.  Is there a better way?  Perhaps the Show selector should have an 
entry for inactive streams?

-- 
Phil,
Liverpool UK